The Minnesota Orchestra is recognized for distinguished performances in its home state and around the world, award-winning recordings and broadcasts, educational engagement programs, and commitment to building the orchestral repertoire of the future. In September 2023, the ensemble welcomed Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård as its eleventh music director.
Leonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos is recognized across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality. Acclaimed for his captivating artistry, superb musicianship, matchless technique, and the integrity of his playing, Kavakos performs with the world’s leading orchestras as both soloist and conductor, and in recital at the world’s premier venues.
Joshua Bell
With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Bell has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world and continues to maintain engagements as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and as the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Pianist Aristo Sham exudes astounding intellect and a deep emotional resonance; a cultivated sophistication and an immediately engaging presence; a penchant to take on the great monuments of the piano repertoire and a natural, infectious spontaneity. This makeup is fueled by a fascination with the world and its rich cultures: he was an international prodigy, is a voracious student of wide-ranging interests, and currently splits his time between three continents.
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Jan Grüning, viola
Amit Even-Tov, cello
Alisa Weilerstein
Head to Berne for wood-fired pizza and two outdoor concerts weekly on Summer Wednesdays (and Saturday August 1) from 5-8pm. See our website for more information on purchasing pizzas, our menu, performers and special events.
Join us for a day of sisterhood at Klockow Brewing Comany! We'll be brewing a whole new beer (style and everything) this year! We'll have snacks, tea, coffee, beers, yoga (donation-based), a sauna on site to purchase sessions. Come and go whenever or stay all day! All ages welcome!
Play our extensive collection of card and board games, bring your own, or play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the giant LED wall.
a solo show of drawings and sculpture by Minneapolis artist Presley Martin opens at Vine Arts Center on March 28, 2026. Presley’s mushroom marker drawings explore the mark making possibilities of the local birch polypore mushroom. His found object sculptures offer an intimate look at plastic collected from the Mississippi River. Opening 3/28/26 6-9pm, demo 4/18/2026 3-5 pm, Saturdays April 4-25 11-5pm
